Tools Used

Personal Contribution

I was one of the two people who worked on the game, so I had my fingers in lots of pies. But I will list the things I was completely or jointly in charge of.

• Game Design and Production
• Complete Level Design
• Gameplay Programming
• Audio System Programming
• Trailer Direction and Creation

Instructions

Escape!

The Story Behind This Project

Effugium is a first-person horror walking simulator that relies on environmental storytelling to create a terrifying world.

This game was a project in the Interactive Design and Production class of Spring 2022. I made it with my amazing co-designer/director/developer Varun. This was made over the scope of 4 and a half months and followed professional production methodologies, like Method and Agile.

I jointly worked on Game Design Macro, maintained a burndown chart, and created and presented milestone versions of the game. We conducted regular playtests and brain trust meetings where we discussed feedback.

Funny story, the game initially was supposed to be a gravity-defying 3D puzzle platformer, but as the project evolved, after reviewing feedback from initial prototypes, a more grounded approach was adopted for the game. The environment was well-liked by the playtesters and hence, we went with the environment, instead of the mechanic.

Link to Post Mortem: https://bit.ly/Effugium-Post-Mortem

Link to the Unity Scripts: https://github.com/TheAnonymousMan/effugium-scripts

Credits

A Team Glasses Game
In Joint Collaboration between USC Games and Berklee College of Music
Game Design by Souporno Ghosh and Varun Peesapati
Audio Design by Riley Larkin and Dana Zulpykharova
Special Thanks to Richard Lemarchand, Gina Zdanowicz, and USC’s CTIN-532 Class of Spring 2022